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June 2009

US stockmarket returns since 1825 [Economist]

by Catherine on June 30, 2009

in Other

From the Economist

The total return of the S&P 500 index fell by nearly 40% last year, the second-worst performance by America’s stockmarket since 1825…


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Screenshots taken from NYTimes Interactive graphic. While not the most recent unemployment data, I liked these maps because you see the the location of the house bubble and the manufacturing in the U.S. and the severity of the unemployment in many of those areas.

Housing Bubble

Unemployment rate in counties where home prices rose to at least 175% of 2000 levels.

Unemployment rate in counties where home prices rose to at least 175% of 2000 levels.

Manufacturing

Map shows counties Unemployment rate in counties where at least 25 percent of earnings came from manufacturing, 1998-2000.

Unemployment rate in counties where at least 25 percent of earnings came from manufacturing, 1998-2000.

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What I was inspired by 2009-06-26

by Catherine on June 26, 2009

in Other

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Maintenance

by Catherine on June 25, 2009

in Uncategorized

If you have noticed some issues with this site just know that I have updated my blog to Wordpress 2.8 this week and some of the plugins (i.e. lightbox) are not working. Also I am trying to clean up my categories. Hopefully this will make the site run a little better once I finish. Thanks for your patience :)

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Number of US Millionaires fell 27% in 2008

by Catherine on June 20, 2009

in Other

Red line = net worth of at least $1 million (not including primary residences)
Gray line = number of households with investible assets of at least $1 million

NUmber of Millionaires

via The Wealth Report

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What I was inspired by 2009-06-12

by Catherine on June 12, 2009

in Other

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